Mel Queen vs. Brian Williams — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Williams
Gen XSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mel Queen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 5.37 and 1.691 for Brian Williams. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Queen and Brian Williams

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.87
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.89
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.05
23.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
355
5.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1786
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
595.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
9.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
5.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2735
41.35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
401
6.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.658
1.658
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2307
34.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.35
41.35

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Brian Williams

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.87
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.78
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1786
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
595.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.62
93.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.516
0.516
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.05
23.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Brian Williams

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
260
1544.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
101
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
85
504.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
15
89.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
65.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3.08
18.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
19
112.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
15
89.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
29.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
53.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
14
83.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
13.54
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
154.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
3.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
89.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Brian Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Brian Williams
Career
Per 600 PA